Finnerty pitches NBH baseball to playoff berth

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Bridgewater-Raynham broke up Jon Finnerty's bid for a no-hitter in the sixth inning, but the New Bedford High baseball team left Paul Walsh Field Saturday afternoon with an 8-5 victory, clinching a playoff berth for the Whalers.

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Posted May. 13, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Posted May. 13, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Bridgewater-Raynham broke up Jon Finnerty's bid for a no-hitter in the sixth inning, but the New Bedford High baseball team left Paul Walsh Field Saturday afternoon with an 8-5 victory, clinching a playoff berth for the Whalers.

Finnerty, who improved to 5-0 on the season, allowed three runs off four hits while striking out nine. He left in the seventh inning when he hand began to cramp and Dave Pepin came in for the save.

Defensively, the Whalers turned a double play to end the top of the fifth inning with the bases loaded.

B-RAYNHAM 000 011 3—5

NEW BEDFORD 112 022 x—8

WP: Jon Finnerty (5-0); SAVE: Dave Pepin; LP: Lynch

Records: New Bedford (10-3)

Next: The Whalers visit Barnstable on Monday.

Adam Fournier knocked in Denim Cousens with a two-out, seventh-inning single to deliver what proved to the winning run in the Indians' non-conference victory over the Boxers at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton.

Jed Kiley had two hits and RBI for Dartmouth, which also got a run-scoring hit from Brendan Sullivan.

Cousens started the Indians' seventh-inning rally with a two-out single and he scored all the way from first base when Fournier's single skipped past the left fielder and rolled all the way to the wall.

Dan Southerland (2-2) went the distance on the mound for Dartmouth, finishing with a nine-hitter, four strikeouts, and one walk. Three of the Boxers' runs were unearned.

DARTMOUTH 200 002 1—5

BROCKTON 112 000 0—4

WP: Dan Southerland (2-2); LP: N/A

Records: Dartmouth (7-6, 0-3 Old Colony League)

Next: Dartmouth plays a 4 p.m. game at Durfee on Monday.

Brittany Carvalho went the distance for New Bedford, which clinched a state tournament berth with the mercy-rule win. Carvalho allowed two runs (one earned) off five hits while striking out three and walking one. Her Bishop Stang counterpart, Hannah Carvalho also provided a complete-game effort, allowing 14 runs on 15 hits with three strikeouts and two walks.

Offensively, the Whalers were powered by Kat Guillotte, who went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Alexis Debrosse added two singles, three RBIs and three runs scored. Hannah LeBlanc (single, double, two RBI) and Abby Tremblay (two singles and three RBIs) also contributed.

For the Spartans, Hannah Carvalho recorded two hits, including a two-run double.

In a game played on Friday, Debrosse went 3 for 4 with a home run and two singles to help fuel a 6-0 non-conference win at Dartmouth.

Chandler Palmieri added two hits and a RBI, and Carvalho finished with a two-hitter and eight strikeouts.

BISHOP STANG 000 020 —2

NEW BEDFORD 440 042 —14

WP: Brittany Carvalho (10-4); LP: Hannah Carvalho

Records: New Bedford (10-4)

Next: The Whalers visit Plymouth South Thursday.

The Lakers banged out eight of their 10 hits in a eight-run fifth inning that broke things wide open in a South Coast Conference win over the Lady Vikings in Wareham.

Danielle Belliveau, who went 7 for 8 in the two games the teams played this season, had three hits and a run batted in for the Lakers, who also got a solid effort on the mound from Rachel Eugenio, who went five inning, striking out seven. Alee Wright pitched the two innings.

Also in the fifth inning, Wright had a two-run double and Sarah Eugenio recorded a two-run triple. Brittney Belliveau had three hits for Apponequet, which got a nice running catch by rightfielder Abby Treweek to end the sixth inning with two runners on base.

Breanna Muir finished with three hits for Wareham. Elizabeth St. Germaine added two hits and Kelley Peterson ripped a run-scoring triple in the sixth inning.

APPONEQUET 001 180 0—10

WAREHAM 100 001 0—2

WP: Rachel Eugenio (2-0); LP: Stacia Krzyzek (3-11)

Records: Apponequet (7-8, 7-6 SCC); Wareham (3-13, 1-13 SCC)

Next: Both teams return to action against conference rivals on Monday. Apponequet hosts Dighton-Rehoboth for a 3:30 p.m. matchup, and Wareham hosts Old Rochester for a 6 p.m. game.

Erin Butler and Maggie Vieira delivered run-scoring singles for the Indians in a non-conference loss to the visiting Hilltoppers.

Gracie Trudeau and Darian Silva had singles in the sixth inning, where Dartmouth did all of its scoring.

Pitcher Jillian Sbardella finished with a six-hitter and four strikeouts for the Indians.

Dartmouth dropped a 6-0 decision to visiting New Bedford on Friday. Colby Brooks and Trudeau had hits for the Indians. Sbardella gave up nine hits and notched three strikeouts.

In action from Friday, Dartmouth dropped a 6-0 decision to visiting New Bedford. Colby Brooks and Gracie Trudeau had solo hits for the Indians, and Sbardella finished with a nine-hitter and three strikeouts.

DURFEE 200 002 0—4

DARTMOUTH 000 003 0—3

WP: McCann; LP: Jillian Sbardella (1-6)

Records: Dartmouth (1-2, 0-2 Old Colony League)

Next: Dartmouth hosts Barnstable for a 4 p.m. league game on Monday.

Luke DaCosta scored four goals and goalie Will Kuphal made 15 saves to help lead the Indians to a non-conference win over the Spartans.

Alex Coucci and Noah Martins scored two goals apiece for Dartmouth, which also got solo scores from Brendan Quinn, Leo Goodman, Connor Schoening, and Samuel Martins. One of the Indians' goals was unaccounted for on the scoring sheet.

Dartmouth (10-4, 5-2 Old Colony League) plays a 4 p.m. conference game at Barnstable on Monday.

The Bulldogs qualified for the state tournament with thanks to seven saves from senior goalie Anthony Cammarano. Also playing well defensively was senior Chris Roach.

Offensively, ORR was led by Cam Severino with six goals and two assists.

Midfielder Chris Marchisio had a strong day with a career-high three goals and two assists. Gared Glavin and Max Houck each had a goal to go along with two assists. Other scorers for ORR were Ethan Lizotte and Scott Kimball.

The Bulldogs (8-4) visit Coyle-Cassidy Monday night at 7.

Paolo Tavares finished fourth in the 2-mile with a personal-best time of 9:39.3 to lead New Bedford in a meet held at Somerville High School.

Jaraud Wood, Stelvio Meto, Adrian Cruz, and Ory Todd combined for a fourth-place time of 3:32.22 in the 4x400 relay, Todd added a sixth-place finish in the 400 with a personal-best time of 51.34 seconds, and the team of Luis Trenche, Cruz, Osla DeBrito, and Justin Callender posted a sixth-place time of 44.55 seconds in the 4x100.

For Dartmouth, Devin Vial was third in the long jump (22½) in front of teammate Tim Smith (fifth; 21-11), who also placed sixth in the 400 hurdles (58.94). Jose Fernandes came in eighth in the discus (138-2). The Indians also placed seventh in the 4x100 (44.58) and 4x400 (3:40.22).

Tomas Adams of Marion won the pole vault (13-0) for Tabor Academy, which got a third place from Anthony Hinds in the discus (137-9), fourth from Andy O'Rourke of Marion in the high jump (5-10) and sixth places from Gage Renaud in the 200 (23.9) and Hyun Jang in the 300 hurdles (43.5).

Wareham's Aliyah Alley ran a school-record 26.52 to place eighth in the 200 meters at a meet held at Somerville High School.

Paige Santos finished third in the high jump (5-02) for Old Rochester at the meet held in White Plains, NY. Teammate Ally Saccone recorded a fourth place in the 400 hurdles (65.49 SAT) and fifth in the 100 hurdles (14.93 SAT).

Fairhaven's Adam Lima rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 first-round win over a player from Plymouth South before dropping a 6-0, 6-0 decision to a player from Bishop Feehan in a tournament held at Cape Cod Academy in Osterville.

The Blue Devils' Matt DaCosta and Dan McLaughlin notched a 6-4, 6-4 doubles win over a team from Plymouth North, but came up short in a 3-6, 1-6 loss to the top-seeded team from Cape Cod Academy.

Dartmouth's second doubles team of Sheamus McNamara and Anny Burdick won by default in the first round, but couldn't get past Bridgewater-Raynham's Pat and Sean O'Connor, losing 6-2, 6-2.

GIRLS LACROSSE

For the Spartans (5-6-1), Anne Martin, Kate Martin and Kayla Lanagan had two goals each while Sydney DaCosta also found the net. Stang is back in action Tuesday at Martha's Vineyard.

Dartmouth had two singles and one doubles team advance to the second round at Old Rochester. At first singles, Kristen Rose beat Sandwich's Elisha Rennent 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, but Rose lost to Sandwich's Bria Campbell 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in the second round. No. 3 Courtlyn Long beat Cape Cod Academy's Abby Souza 6-4, 6-1, but came out on the short end against Nauset's Ally Dadoly 6-0, 6-3. Dartmouth's first doubles team of Nicole Jenney and Rebecca Schwartz won by default against Nauset, but lost to Barnstable 6-4, 6-0.

No. 2 Julie Furrey (6-4, 6-2) and the No. 2 doubles team of Kadie Souza and Stephanie Starrect (6-0, 6-2) lost in the opening round.